Iced Earth - Ten Thousand Strong lyrics

[Spiral_Slave]

Anyone have the official lyrics to this song? I'm pretty sure I have them figured out but I wanna know for sure. Here's what I have gotten, but if you have the official ones, please correct mine.


We're gathering summoned by the eldar
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face humanitants

The children seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly they'll all but recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life

Like a martyr sacrifice...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And those our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

What we possess mankind is after
Direct descendants of the architects
Children of god, seeds of creation
Stakes so high, we must never relent

We lie and wait, the human minds are clouded
Initiation of the master plan
Assimilate, build a life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win

We are the pain of man...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And those our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

The clouder's crying out in pain...

[Angelripper]

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

Anyone have the official lyrics to this song? I'm pretty sure I have them figured out but I wanna know for sure. Here's what I have gotten, but if you have the official ones, please correct mine.


We're gathering summoned by the eldar
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face humanitants

The children seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly they'll all but recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life

Like a martyr sacrifice...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And those our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

What we possess mankind is after
Direct descendants of the architects
Children of god, seeds of creation
Stakes so high, we must never relent

We lie and wait, the human minds are clouded
Initiation of the master plan
Assimilate, build a life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win

We are the pain of man...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came
And those our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

The clouder's crying out in pain...

I don't know if it's 'clouding'. I always thought that it was "Await the days are coming" or something like that.

[Spiral_Slave]

Originally Posted by Angelripper

I don't know if it's 'clouding'. I always thought that it was "Await the days are coming" or something like that.

Well " The Clouding " is a track on the album about how they erased the memory of all the humans.

[Matarro]

No one has the official lyrics yet?

Alright, I'll give this a go. First of all however, good job on the lyrics. I don't have much to add except a few lines I disagree with.

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

We're gathering summoned by the eldar
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face humanitants

I think it's elder because in all three songs in the Something Wicked triology 'the elder' is mentioned. And I kind of think that it should be humanitas because to my knowledge there is no such word as "humanitants". The definition of humanitas doesn't quite fit in though...

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know not of where they came

"They know nought of where they came" just sounds gramatically better to me. I'm from sweden though and I haven't even spent a full day in an english speaking country, so I could be wrong about that.

When I listen to the song it DOES sound more like 'not' than 'nought', but I'm usually having difficulties hearing what Tim sings. I've decided to stick with 'nought' until the official lyrics prove me wrong though. :P

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

And those our hearts are broken

And though our hearts are broken

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

We are the pain of man...

IMO: We are the bane of man.

Originally Posted by Spiral_Slave

We lie and wait, the human minds are clouded

Personally I think it's 'We lie in wait'.

So the result from this should be:

We're gathering summoned by the elder
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face humanitas

The children seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly they'll all but recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life

Like a martyr sacrifice...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know nought of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

What we possess mankind is after
Direct descendants of the architects
Children of god, seeds of creation
Stakes so high, we must never relent

We lie in wait, the human minds are clouded
Initiation of the master plan
Assimilate, build a life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win

We are the bane of man...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know nought of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

The clouder's crying out in pain...
We have to wipe the tears away...
The hearts are broken...
Ten thousand seize the day...

[overkiller]

[Div]

Originally Posted by Matarro

We're gathering summoned by the elder
The consequence of what's imminent
A prophecy dark and foreboding
Forces them to face humanitas

The children seek refuge in the mountains
Reluctantly they'll all but recognize
The sacrifice they must adhere to
The only hope for future Setian life

Like a martyr sacrifice...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know nought of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

What we possess mankind is after
Direct descendants of the architects
Children of god, seeds of creation
Stakes so high, we must never relent

We lie in wait, the human minds are clouded
Initiation of the master plan
Assimilate, build a life among them
Centuries will pass, patience will win

We are the bane of man...

Await the days of clouding
Earth mother sharing in our pain
Erase the human memory
They know nought of where they came
And though our hearts are broken
We have to wipe the tears away
In vain they did not suffer
Ten thousand strong will seize the day

The clouder's crying out in pain...
We have to wipe the tears away...
The hearts are broken...
Ten thousand seize the day...

I agree with this. I guess noone actually bought the single though so we can't be sure

[Matarro]

Heh, I tried to buy it but I was too late. Been very busy lately so by the time I remembered they were out and couldn't even order it.

[ChildrenofSodom]

Originally Posted by Div

I agree with this. I guess noone actually bought the single though so we can't be sure

Its only 8 bucks at FYE..almost bought it...

[powerslave_85]

Originally Posted by ChildrenofSodom

Its only 8 bucks at FYE..almost bought it...

$8 for a single??? And the record companies wonder why people don't buy music anymore...

[Div]

Originally Posted by ChildrenofSodom

Its only 8 bucks at FYE..almost bought it...

Don't buy things there, the prices are way jacked up, then they try to sell u their premium membership so u can get normal prices. Its better to just go to best buy or half.com